EYEING THE PUCK

The Brampton Canadian Women’s Hockey League team split a weekend series with the Montreal Stars at Victoria Park Arena.
The visitors moved into a first-place tie on top of the league standings with a 3-1 win on Sunday afternoon.
Jayna Hefford from Laura McIntosh late in the first period provided the only Brampton scoring in that contest. Montreal got goals from Cathy Chartrand and Meghan Agosta-Marciano in the first period.
Vanessa Davidson wrapped up the scoring with a power-play tally in the third period.
Montreal had a 29-17 advantage in shots, including 14-3 in the first period, as Liz Knox went the distance in goal for Brampton.
On Saturday night it was a different story with Brampton earning a 4-0 victory. Florence Schelling made 29 saves to earn the shutout.
Montreal failed to score on 13 power-play opportunities while Brampton was one-for-eight with the extra player in the penalty-filled contest.
Brampton took a 2-0 first-period lead. Cherie Piper scored from Bailey Bram just 47 seconds into the contest.
Gillian Apps then tallied from Hefford and McIntosh.
In the third period Vicki Bendus scored on the power play from Bram and Cherie Piper. Lori Dupuis completed the scoring from Courtney Birchard.
Montreal and Boston share top spot in the CWHL standings with 27 points, although Boston has a game in hand. Toronto is third with 21 while Brampton, with a 6-8-1 record has 13 points and is fourth.
This weekend Brampton hosts three games against last-place Alberta. The teams play Saturday at 6:50 p.m., Sunday at 2:05 p.m. and Monday at 12:35 p.m., all games at Victoria Park Arena.